Chris Fogarty - Director, FMC
Chris is the former Director of Corporate Affairs at law firm Allens and Global Head of Communications & IR for Billabong International. He founded FMC in 2012.
He has extensive experience advising executives and boards of ASX and NASDAQ-listed companies, private enterprises, and startups – spanning Australia’s largest resources companies to national sporting bodies.
Chris also works with global and local professional services firms, advising clients on Royal Commissions, inquiries, regulatory investigations, litigation, employment disputes, class actions, M&A, restructurings, crisis and change management.
FMC has advised individual directors, supported new CEOs with internal and external communication strategies, and led community engagement campaigns for both government and public companies.
A former award-winning journalist, Chris has delivered over 100 media training sessions.
Hannah Devereux- Director, Fever
After starting her career at BBC Worldwide in London followed by a few agency stints, Hannah went on to lead integrated consumer and corporate PR teams for Australia’s two largest magazine publishers: ACP (now Are Media) and Pacific Magazines.
With big picture thinking and a focus upon achieving commercial goals, Hannah has delivered PR for over 100 different brands from Harper’s BAZAAR to LEGO Certified Stores and worked with a range of commercial partners from Audi to Priceline and ANZ Bank, managed 300 red carpets, drafted annual reports, CEO speeches and overseen internal and external communication for complex business transitions. Hannah holds a MBA (Exec) and a first-class BA (Hons) in Public Relations.
Rochelle Griggs- Director, Fever
As Communications Director at MAXMEDIALAB, Rochelle led PR for a range of beauty and lifestyle clients including: Napoleon Perdis, Simple Skincare, Zoeva, David Jones, Moet & Chandon, Patron, Harrolds and Swarovski.
More recently, as Group Publicity Director at Pacific Magazines, she oversaw PR across a portfolio of more than 30 brands targeting varying audiences, from Marie Claire, WHO and InStyle, to digital brands such as BEAUTYcrew, and led a range of high-profile campaigns from Prix de marie claire and WHO Sexiest People Awards to InStyle’s Women of Style.